Bible Dictionaries
Sparse

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To scatter; to disperse.

(2):

(superl.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; - applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.

(3):

(superl.) Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sparse'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sparse.html. 1828.